Buckle



(No Model.)

W. E. SMITH.

BUCKLE. A

Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

NITEED STATES PATENT WILLIAM E. SMITH, OF ANSONIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE B. GOODMAN MANU- FACTURIN G COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPOBT, CONNECTICUT.

,BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,452, dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed January 5, 1886. Serial No. 187,713.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. SMITH, of Ansonia, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles, of which the following is a full, true, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in fiat-back buckles, which consist, generally, of a buckle-body having forms which form returning-bends, in which an independent pivoted tongue is supported.

My invention will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my buckle. Fig.2 is a section through Fig. l on the line a; m. Fig. 3 is a view of the buckle-body before the tongue is inserted, and Fig. 4 an end view of the tongue.

The buckle-body is otherwise constructed in any well-known way, but the blank is folded twice at right angles, or nearly so, as shown. Such inwardly-returning bend is shown at G F, Fig. 3. This bend is not folded uniformly, but the part G is bent so as to form approximately part of the plane of the buckle when completed. The part F is folded the thickness of the metal lower than the part G, so that the tongue may rest therein and its back may lie in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the part G. Slots H H are cut through the returning-bends F G, and slits E are cut from the slots H to the edge. The parts D D D D, forming the edges of the slots E, are then bent down so as to approximately meet at a still lower plane than the plane F. The tongue B is approximately rectangular in shape, and adapted to rest upon the projecting lugs F F. These slots C C, out in the edge, form pivotal supports in connection with the parts D D D D of the buckle-body. The body being formed as shown in Fig. 3, the tongue 13 is readily snapped into place, and when in position the combined slots H H and C C, with their surrounding metal portions, form sub- (No model.)

stantially a pivotal connection. \Vhen the buckle is closed, its back is smooth and the different parts form substantially a single plane. This tongue is substantially rectangular in shape and should extend to the lower margin of the parts F F, though it might be somewhat out off; but its lower edge should always be a substantially straight line. I prefer to bend it down a little, as shown at K, so 5 tially flat, and its back shall substantially correspond with the plane of the other parts of the back of the buckle.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the buckle-body A, having the re-eutering folds F G, the lugs F being depressed below the level of the parts G, the parts F G being provided with tongues D D D D, and the tongue B, provided with slots C C, resting when closed on the depressed lugs F F, thus forming a flat-back buckle, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a bucklebody, A, and a tongue, B, pivoted in said buckle-body,

substantially as described, the back of said tongue being substantially rectangular in shape, and when closed lying in a plane substantially parallel with the back of the buckle, thus forming a fiat-back buckle without wearing edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM E. SMITH.

XVitnesses: a

H. H. MCNAIR, R. G. AMBLER. 

